Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:27 am
hey this is Brandon, thanks for reading the piece!
I figured people within the scene would disagree with some of the sentiments of the article, and that's fine. The piece was not meant to preach to the converted.
I guess I've come across a lot of people that refuse to give dubstep a chance because they think it's another flash in the pan genre. So I wanted to fit it into a broader context--show that dubstep is part of something much bigger than a "new" name; it's something worth investing time and energy into.
I do agree that the final edit of the piece gave too much credit to 'Stone Cold'. That wasn't really my intension, but now that it's out, whatever... That said, I still think it's a decent place to start for people new to the music. It's a balanced track, it's a classic, and it's relatively easy to find (maybe not on vinyl, but you know what i mean).
blackdown - the quote you grabbed was alarmist, but I wanted to represent both sides of the coin. The point is not that the scene may or may not die quickly, but rather that it all belongs to a bigger idea... sort of like what Burial said in the closing quote--
"I don't know what dubstep means as a word, 'cause this music was around for years without a name... Just the clubs and labels and producers, pirates. When dubstep as a word feels wrong or gets fucked over, then it will just keep its head down and rise again as something new. It's always been here in some way."
I figured people within the scene would disagree with some of the sentiments of the article, and that's fine. The piece was not meant to preach to the converted.
I guess I've come across a lot of people that refuse to give dubstep a chance because they think it's another flash in the pan genre. So I wanted to fit it into a broader context--show that dubstep is part of something much bigger than a "new" name; it's something worth investing time and energy into.
I do agree that the final edit of the piece gave too much credit to 'Stone Cold'. That wasn't really my intension, but now that it's out, whatever... That said, I still think it's a decent place to start for people new to the music. It's a balanced track, it's a classic, and it's relatively easy to find (maybe not on vinyl, but you know what i mean).
blackdown - the quote you grabbed was alarmist, but I wanted to represent both sides of the coin. The point is not that the scene may or may not die quickly, but rather that it all belongs to a bigger idea... sort of like what Burial said in the closing quote--
"I don't know what dubstep means as a word, 'cause this music was around for years without a name... Just the clubs and labels and producers, pirates. When dubstep as a word feels wrong or gets fucked over, then it will just keep its head down and rise again as something new. It's always been here in some way."